The Secretary for the Civil Service is the head of the Civil Service Bureau in Hong Kong. Unlike other secretaries for bureaux, the Secretary for the Civil Service is filled by an administrative officer from the civil service, who may choose to return to the civil service when his term expires. Before Principal Officials Accountability System was introduced in 2002, it was a civil service position.
List of office holders Colonial period, 1973–1997 Portrait Name Term of officeGovernor Ref 1 Alan James Scott施恪 June 1973 August 1977 Sir Murray MacLehose 2 R. G. B. Bridge布立之 August 1977 March 1978 3 John Martin Rowlands羅能士 March 1978 August 1985 Sir Edward Youde 4 David Robert Ford霍德 7 October 1985 December 1986 LegCo 5 Harnam Singh Grewal高禮和 9 February 1987 April 1990 Sir David Wilson 6 Edward Barrie Wiggham屈珩 April 1990 April 1993 LegCo Chris Patten 7 Anson Chan陳方安生 19 April 1993 October 1993 8 Michael Sze施祖祥 1 February 1994 11 February 1996 9 Lam Woon-kwong林煥光 12 February 1996 30 June 1997
After handover, 1997–present Political party:
Portrait Name Term of office DurationChief Executive Term Ref 1 Lam Woon-kwong林煥光 1 July 1997 9 July 2000 Tung Chee-hwa 1 2 Joseph Wong Wing-ping王永平 1 August 2000 24 January 2006 2 Donald Tsang 2 3 Denise Yue Chung-yee俞宗怡 25 January 2006 30 June 2012 3 4 Paul Tang Kwok-wai鄧國威 1 July 2012 21 July 2015 Leung Chun-ying 4 5 Clement Cheung Wan-ching張雲正 21 July 2015 30 June 2017 6 Joshua Law Chi-kong羅智光 1 July 2017 22 April 2020 Carrie Lam 5 7 Patrick Nip Tak-kuen聶德權 22 April 2020 30 June 2022 8 Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan楊何蓓茵 1 July 2022 Incumbent John Lee 6
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External links Principal Officials of the Hong Kong SAR government Chapter IV: Political Structure - Basic Law Who's Who